PowerColor Devil13 HD7990 Review
Test Setup, Overclocking and Temps
Published: 30th September 2012 | Source: PowerColor | Price: �£799 |
Test Setup
PowerColor Devil13 HD7990
Catalyst Drivers 12.8
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.6GHz
ASUS P9X79 Pro
Corsair Dominator Platinum
Corsair AX1200W
Corsair H100
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Overclocking
We'd expect that the power requirements of the Devil13 are enough to make overclocking a hopeful task at best, yet we managed to overclock both GPUs, and the GDDR5, by 125MHz. Remember that the memory is quad-pumped. This is a hugely surprising result. 12.5% increases aren't something we'd have expected from the card at all.
Temperatures
There has been much talk about the early batch of Devil13s having a problem with the pressure applied by the cooler leading to increased temperatures. It's exactly why here at OC3D we always wait for the final version of a product before reviewing it so that we see results you can obtain too, and the Devil13 is definitely cool, even with our overclock.
Quiet is subjective, and it's not the quietest card we've ever seen, but it's easily something you can live with and not distracting.
Most Recent Comments
Still better off with 2 670s/7970s/7950s though.
I wonder if they are partnering with EK or Swiftech to get a block for this thing? I don't know too much about it admittedly.
will not build a card, then so be it, they will. i was really meah.. until the afterburner
overclock and now thats what i think it should have come out of the box. not that
one couldn't do the same, but if left to the suppliers tool for performance, the
buyer would have been a lil sore. leaving a 20% performance gain on the table
at high end cost makes it better, but that should have already been binned for
customer appreciation.
really cool stuff from power color.. keep it up, 'cuz it looks like they are on their own
airdeano
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Originally Posted by Master&Puppet
Jesus, that thing is unbelievable.
Still better off with 2 670s/7970s/7950s though. |
Only on price. Performance wise you need to go back and check the review / video
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
Only on price. Performance wise you need to go back and check the review / video
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Originally Posted by Luscious
CF with a 2nd card and get back to us!
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http://i.imgur.com/MjTtm.jpg
Also a 3D Mark 11 performance score. Although I'm not sure of the Devil's graphics score (can't read it from the video) and I'm running on a 3570K so the physics score significantly reduces the Pscore.
I question paying massive amounts of cash on cards that don't do 'everything' tho, mean not 'all the bells and whistles'.
Glad you pointed out the frankly glaring error with logo/ backplate writing. Those are the kind of things that would put me off purchasing things in all honesty. (If i wasn't already such a silence freak).
So i need you guys to help me decide which one that i should pick?
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Originally Posted by Skoubo
I was thinking of buying one of theese cards but i'm in kind of a dilemma because i all so like the idea of 2 Asus 7970 that are watercooled.
So i need you guys to help me decide which one that i should pick? |
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